Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-04-24

ssas Isinter then than it is now, and they
wondered of into the veldt, and would
nave nerished there IN the wet and cold
had thew not CHANGED 70 see the lights OF
the house. Aud that was how nay nleces
came here. Captain Mel. And here they
have been ever since, except for couple
of wears when sent them to the Cape for
Schooling. and 4 lonly man was when
they were away"
land how about the father?h asked
John Mel deeply interested DID You
ever hear any more Of him?p
"Hear of him, the villsinP almost
shouted the old man jumping mp in wrath.
save. d-n him, / heard of him. What
do YOU think? The two chicks had been
with me some eighteen months, long
enough for me to learn to love them with
all NV heart, when one fine morning, as
was seeing about the new kraai wall, l see
fellow come riding up on an old raw
honed gray horse Up he comes TO me,
and as he came / looked at him, and said
To myself, You are drunkard, You are,
and rogue, it's written on your face, and
what's more, l know your face You see
7 did not guess that it was son of my
own fathers that was looking at. How
should i?
ais you, name Croft?' he said.
GAY l answered. ,
$50 is mine, he went on with sort oil
drunken leer. I'm your brother.
"'Are you?' said, beginning to get my
hack up, for guessed what his game was,
and what may you be after? 1 tell you at
once. and to your face, that if you are my
brother you are blackguard, and don't
want to know you OF have anything to do
with you; and if you are not beg your
pardon for coupling you with such seoun-
drel.'
"'Oh, that's Your tune is it?' he said,
with sneer. Well now, my dear brother
Silas, wait my children. They have got
little half brother at home-for | have
married again. Silas-whO Is anxious to
have them to play with, so if you will be
so good as to hand them over, I'll take
them away at once.
"'You'I take them away, will your
said /, all of tremble with rage and fear
"Yes, Silas, / will. They are mine by
law, and am not going to breed children
for YOU to have the comfort OF their socl-
ETY.. I've taken advice, Silas, and that's
sound law and he leered at me again.
al stood and looked at the man, and
thought of how he had treated those poor
children aud thdir young mother, and my
blood boiled, and 1 grew mad. Without
another word jumped over the half-tin-
ished wall, and caught him by the leg (for
| was a strong man ten years ago. ana
ierked him off the horse. As he came down
he dropped the SHAMROCK from his hand,
and caught hold of it and then and there
gave him the sOundest hiding man ever
had Lord, how he did halloa! When /
was tired let him up.
CHOW / said, be off with you, and
if YOU come back here I'll bid the Kaffirs
hunt Won hack to Natal with their sticks.
| This is the South African Republic, and
we don't care over much about law here.
Which we didn't in those days.
"'All right, Silas, he said, all right,
YOU shall pay for this. I'll have those
children, and, for your sake, I'll make
their life hell--yOu mark my words
South African Republic or no South Airi-
can Republic. I've got the law on my
side
"Of he rode, cursing and swearing, and
flung his sJambock AFTER MN. ana IL "as
the first and last time that | saw my
brother"
what became of him." asked John
Mel.
"Tn tell you, just TO show YOU again
that there is a Power that keeps just such
men in its eye. lie got back TO newcastle
that night, and went about the canteen
there abusing me, and getting drunken and
drunken, till at last the canteen keeper sent
for his boys to turn him ont Well, the
boys were rough, rs Kafiirs are apt to be
with drunken white man, and he strug'
gled and fought, end in the middle of il
the blood began to run from his mouth,
and he dropped down dead of u broken
blood. vessel, and there was an end of him.
That is the story OF the two girls, Captain
: Mel, and now am off to bed. Tomorrow
I'll show you round the farm, and we will
have n talk about business. Good night to
you, Captain Mel. Good mighty